eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 22, 2021

But in order for businesses to maintain compliance with major privacy laws , they have to have security measures in place before an attack. China’s new data privacy law just went into effect in November 2021. Also Read: China’s Data Privacy Law Poses Challenge for International Companies. Detailed privacy notices.

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GDPR Compliance Data Privacy Privacy 144

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 15, 2024

From analyzing attack methods and suggesting defense tactics to doing vulnerability assessments, it provides users with the knowledge to improve their security posture. Aside from ethical hacking, HackerGPT seeks to assist professionals and improve security assessments. Launch of HackerGPT 2.0 It has an intuitive UI similar to ChatGPT.

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Cybersecurity Education Privacy Access 113

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Despite all this, there is one tech category that has held up fairly well: Cybersecurity. Just today, security and compliance automation firm Drata announced a $200 million Series C funding round that brings the company’s valuation to $2 billion, doubling its $1 billion valuation from its Series B round last year.

Cybersecurity 145

Cybersecurity Compliance Risk Ransomware 145

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union’s landmark data privacy law, took effect in 2018. The only processing operations exempt from the GDPR are national security and law enforcement activities and purely personal uses of data. Even the world’s biggest businesses are not free from GDPR woes.

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GDPR Compliance Personal data Privacy 76

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

Cloud 132

Cloud Security Encryption Risk 132

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will determine the validity of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) ( Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillan Schrems ) whilst the General Court of the EU will consider the future of Privacy Shield (La Quadrature du Net v Commission).

Privacy 85

Privacy GDPR Data breaches Risk 85

IT Governance

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Welcome to our third quarterly review of security incidents for 2021, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of cyber attacks and data breaches. IT Governance discovered 266 security incidents between July and September 2021, which accounted for 185,721,284 breaches records.

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Data breaches Retail Government Ransomware 130

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 23, 2021

Rather than bringing substantial changes to the existing China data privacy framework, the PIPL helpfully consolidates and clarifies obligations on processing of personal information at a national law level. To be clear, this is not China’s own GDPR.

Data Privacy 111

Data Privacy Privacy Compliance Analytics 111

IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Welcome to our November 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. We identified 95 security incidents throughout the month, accounting for 32,051,144 breached records. The first was a data breach at Twitter, in the latest PR disaster for the social media giant. Data breaches. Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

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Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Insurance 116

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

The law outlines a set of data privacy rights for users and a series of principles for the processing of personal data. The only data processing activities exempt from the GDPR are national security or law enforcement activities and purely personal uses of data. However, GDPR compliance is not necessarily a straightforward matter.

GDPR 81

GDPR Compliance Personal data Privacy 81

IT Governance

DECEMBER 18, 2017

One way to fill this gap is to build on the knowledge of existing staff through training. IT Governance runs two levels of GDPR training courses across the UK to train staff on the Regulation, giving them the knowledge required to manage a GDPR compliance project. EU GDPR Foundation Training Course. Qualification: GDPR F.

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GDPR Personal data Compliance Data breaches 49

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Related: Atrium Health breach highlights third-party risks. And this continues to include enterprises that have poured a king’s ransom into hardening their first-party security posture. There is impetus for change – beyond the fear of sustaining a major data breach.

Risk 147

Risk Financial Services Insurance Cybersecurity 147

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

According to the Ponemon Institute and IBM, the global average cost of a data breach is $4.24 As the number and severity of data breaches continues to rise, organizations are recognizing that those costs are not theoretical. That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help. million and climbing. Cyber Insurance is Booming.

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Insurance Ransomware Cybersecurity Marketing 119

IT Governance

MAY 3, 2018

Although the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deadline is only three weeks away, many organisations are still struggling to fill the cyber security skills gap and ensure that they are compliant. One way this awareness can be achieved is through staff training, and IT Governance can support you every step of the way.

GDPR 43

GDPR Personal data Compliance Data breaches 43

Data Protection Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will determine the validity of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) ( Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillan Schrems ) whilst the General Court of the EU will consider the future of Privacy Shield (La Quadrature du Net v Commission).

Privacy 52

Privacy GDPR Data breaches Risk 52

Data Protection Report

APRIL 27, 2023

The key difference between OpenAI’s models and other ANNs is the vast size of GPT-3 and GPT-4’s training corpus and the special mathematical features of the individual ANN nodes called “transformers” that make them particularly adept at analyzing and generating language. There have been many other ANNs prior to OpenAI’s models.

Risk 97

Risk Personal data Privacy Data Privacy 97

IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The first 72 hours after you become aware of a data breach are critical. This is the deadline given to you under the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) to report information security incidents to your supervisory authority. Not all breaches need to be reported. Most breaches fit into this category, but not all of them.

Data breaches 110

Data breaches GDPR Personal data Compliance 110

IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The first 72 hours after you become aware of a data breach are critical. This is the deadline given to you under the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) to report information security incidents to your supervisory authority. Not all breaches need to be reported. Most breaches fit into this category, but not all of them.

Data breaches 110

Data breaches GDPR Compliance Personal data 110

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The ICO found that Interserve had failed to put appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to secure personal data (in contravention of Articles 5(1)(f) and 32 GDPR) for a period of ~20 months. On the face of it, this is a sizeable fine issued to a non household name controller for perceived failings in information security.

Security 52

Security GDPR Personal data Insurance 52

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

The 911 call center needs a robust phone system, trained staff, and a decision-tree process to understand how to route issues to the appropriate emergency or non-emergency agencies to address a caller’s needs. These include new opportunities, clear priorities, and better security, performance, and resilience.

Risk 67

Risk Compliance Communications Insurance 67

KnowBe4

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Sorting out the two biggest privacy regulations to hit privacy professionals in decades. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was introduced just a month after the European Union instituted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), earning the CCPA the nickname of “California’s GDPR.”. What Information Is Protected?

GDPR 72

GDPR Privacy Personal data Passwords 72

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

DECEMBER 3, 2021

International businesses with global privacy compliance programs should seek to expand those to cover the UAE and achieve some synergies. The requirements regarding keeping data secure, and new data breach obligations, will definitely up the ante for businesses in the UAE to take cyber security seriously. 44) of 2021.

Personal data 105

Personal data Data breaches GDPR Compliance 105

Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2023

Semi-Structured Data: Semi-structured data lies between the structured and unstructured categories. Understanding what can lead to a loss of data is important for organizations when drafting their cyber security policies, especially with relating to compliance. They pose a significant threat to data security.

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Unstructured data Metadata Encryption Data structuring 88

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The EU Privacy Regulation will oblige gaming affiliates to comply with stringent requirements in the processing of players’ personal data. Why gaming affiliates will be obliged to take privacy seriously. This change of approach will also impact gaming affiliates, and consequently how they are selected by operators.

Privacy 40

Privacy GDPR Data breaches Compliance 40

Data Matters

AUGUST 5, 2019

On July 25, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed the two bills into law, one which amended the state’s data breach notification law, and another that created additional obligations for data breaches at credit reporting agencies. The Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act.

Cybersecurity 68

Cybersecurity Data breaches Privacy Risk 68

KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

link] Spear Phishing Attacks Increase 127% As Use of Impersonation Skyrockets Impersonation of users, domains and brands is on the rise, as is the use of malicious links, in response to security vendors improving their ability to detect malicious attachments. Blog post with links: [link] Are Your Users Making Risky Security Mistakes?

Phishing 84

Phishing Security awareness Compliance Risk 84

Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 15, 2015

On January 13, 2015, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published a Referential (the “Referential”) that specifies the requirements for organizations with a data protection officer (“DPO”) in France to obtain a seal for their data privacy governance procedures. To have an outward-facing privacy policy in French.

Data Privacy 40

Data Privacy Privacy Government Personal data 40

IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2017

According to Article 30 of the GDPR, companies will be required to record personal data processing activities including, but not limited to, the categories of data being processed, the categories of recipients of the data and time limits for keeping the data. Training new staff and holding regular refreshers is essential.

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GDPR Compliance Data breaches Information Security 62

Data Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Today we look at verification, children’s privacy and the non-discrimination provisions. In the summer of 2018, the California Legislature drafted and passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in record time. DETAILED ANALYSIS ON VERIFICATION, CHILDREN’S PRIVACY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION. INTRO AND BACKGROUND.

Privacy 60

Privacy Sales Passwords Authentication 60

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

Kali Linux turns 10 this year, and to celebrate, the Linux penetration testing distribution has added defensive security tools to its arsenal of open-source security tools. For now, Kali is primarily known for its roughly 600 open source pentesting tools, allowing pentesters to easily install a full range of offensive security tools.

Energy and Utilities 141

Energy and Utilities Cybersecurity Security Passwords 141

Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 26, 2018

On January 25, 2018, the Standardization Administration of China published the full text of the Information Security Technology – Personal Information Security Specification (the “Specification”). The Specification divides personal information into two categories: personal information and sensitive personal information.

Information Security 48

Information Security Security Privacy Personal data 48

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The DPO must be invited to strategic meetings and requested to provide advice on all processing where his/her intervention or presence must be systematic, notably in case of evolution of processing, conduct of a data protection impact assessment(“DPIA”), revision of existing privacy policies or drafting of new policies, data breaches etc.

GDPR 116

GDPR Compliance Personal data Communications 116

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) strongly advised public companies to improve their cybersecurity. While the new security proposals have not yet become law, cybersecurity managers can begin to prepare metrics and audits that will not only help comply with those laws, but can also help create positive change now.

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Cybersecurity Compliance Risk Communications 132

eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2024

Cloud security fundamentals are the core requirements that ensure data protection, regulatory compliance, and access management in a cloud environment. These standards assist businesses in establishing trust with their consumers, avoiding financial losses due to breaches, and ensuring business continuity.

Cloud 119

Cloud Security Compliance Encryption 119

IT Governance

AUGUST 6, 2018

In our first blog ( sign up to the series here ) , we explore data breaches. We will consider why they happen, what you can do to reduce their likelihood and impact as well as which breaches need reporting to the supervisory authority and what information they will need from you. Understanding what a data breach is.

Data breaches 60

Data breaches Education GDPR Risk 60

Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Although California has recently captured the lion’s share of attention with respect to privacy and security, on October 23, 2019, New York’s amended security breach law goes into effect, and on March 1, 2020, new security safeguards go live (N.Y. Breach Law Changes.

Security 40

Security Financial Services Passwords Risk 40

IT Governance

JULY 23, 2018

and metaphorically – we believe the best approach is to apply your SPF (security protection factor) and get yourself and your team #BreachReady! For this reason, knowing how to reduce the risk of a breach is only half the story. For this reason, knowing how to reduce the risk of a breach is only half the story.

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GDPR Data breaches Phishing Risk 54